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1) In this song, Adam Levine asks, "If I showed you my flaws, would you still love me the same?" Nobody is perfect. What little flaw do you have that you imagine makes you hard to live with?  I get mad at myself and go ballistic from  time to time over it.  Less since I'm older and pretty much don't have a Train Schedule life mentality...   

2) Adam sings along with R. City, a hip-hop duo from Saint Thomas. The U.S. Virgin Islands are known for clean beaches, snorkeling and diving and palm trees. Does the idea of a sand-and-surf vacation appeal to you?  I live close enough to the ocean to be there in as little as 25 minutes.

3) R. City are brothers Theron and Timothy Thomas. As kids they took both music and dance lessons. Would you rather sing or dance? I'd like to sing and to dance.  There is no rather.  I've done both nearly my whole life except now at 83, I would screech a lot and probably trip over the edge of the rug or some such. 

4) When they were still in their teens, the Thomas brothers left the Virgin Islands to find success in the Miami music scene. Instead of working in a recording studio, they made ends meet with jobs in retail – Theron at Kroger Grocery and Timothy at Party City. What's the most recent thing you bought at the store? (Items delivered to your door don't count.) Did you pay by cash or card?  Card.

5) They eventually found success as deejays on the Miami party circuit, but it's not what they wanted to do. The Thomas brothers realized they wanted to make their own music, not play someone else's. So after a few years they headed back to Saint Thomas, wiser and more focused. Did you ever reassess your career path? Did I ever.... Several times actually.  I was going to go back to Uni after the older girls -born a year and a day apart - were in school full time.  I knew we'd need my paycheck for that..... so that we would have the readies for college for them.  And, that's when I got slapped in the face with an unplanned pregnancy that turned out to be TWINS.  I gave up planning and just put the roller skates on.  God did NOT want me to be anything besides a mom, and possibly a very good cook and pastry chef. A compliment that our eldest gave me, much later in life.

6) The inspiration for "Locked Away" is their parents. Their dad lost everything due to drugs, got clean, and worked long hours at menial jobs as he struggled to get back on his feet. Their mother stayed by his side through it all. After more than 40 years, they are still together today. What song reminds you of your parents?  There isn't one, unless you mean a symphony.  Gotterdammerung?  My dad was a total ass.

7) Adam Levine soloed on "Locked Away." He's better known as the lead singer of Maroon 5 and for 16 seasons (including this one) on The Voice. Do you watch The Voice? No, but I've seen a few of them on YouTube.

8) In 2015, when this song was popular, chef Gordon Ramsay's daughter Matilda, then just 14 years old, got her own cooking show in the UK. What were you up to when you were 14? I was just trying to survive.  And get straight A's. Just try growing up in California with a French surname that everyone thinks says you are a Mestizo. 

Add "transfer student" to your repertoire of sins, and there were no scholarships for such an entity.  You basically were privileged to have been allowed to be in the same classroom with "The Chosen". 

9) Random question: Do you pronounce "caramel" as two syllables or three ("car-mel" vs. "care-a-mel)? I learned French right along with English so Care-a-mel is the way I pronounce it. My dad and I spoke french with each other.  Were my kindergarten teachers ever surprised. 

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